Table 3-6: "Religious Profiles of Selected Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 3.9 million. [In table, this group is called "Agnostic & Nonreligious "]

Table 3-6: "Religious Profiles of Selected Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 3.7 million. [In table, this group is called "Agnostic & Nonreligious "]

Nonreligious

Tonga

61

0.06%

-

-

1996

*LINK* "Tonga's Census of Church Members Released " (March 12, 1998 - PACNEWS); posted on Tonga history newsgroup web page: "Re: % of Christians in Tongan population " (viewed 22 May 1999).

"Of a total population of approximately 97,000... according to the kingdom's latest census of churchgoers.... Tongan government statistics department... The census report shows that 61 Tongans declared no religion. "

"According to Yelensky (2002), 44% of Ukrainians claim 'none' in terms of religious identification. " [Source: Yelensky, Victor. 2002. "Religion, Church, and State in the Post-Communist Era: The Case of Ukraine. " Brigham Young University Law Review 2002(2):453-488.]

"According to Bruce (2002), 10% of the British self-identify as an 'agnostic person' and 8% as a 'convinced atheist,' with an additional 21% choosing 'not a religious person.' " [Source: Bruce, Steve. 2002. God is Dead: Secularization in the West. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers]

"O'Brien and Palmer (1993) claim that between 30-50% of Uruguayans have 'no religious allegiance.' " [Source: O'Brien, Joanne and Martin Palmer. 1993. The State of Religion Atlas. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster]

"...the 1957 Bureau of the Census sample... 2.7% were either atheists or agnostics. There were few mentions of the term atheist in the survey. It seems that the term atheist is still unpopular today... "; [Note: "agnostic ", "atheist ", and "nonreligious " all have different meanings, but in the context of this survey, this 2.7% seems to be referring to "nonreligious "]

"voluntary inquiry appeared under the title 'Religion Reported by the Civilian Pop. of U.S., March 1957.'... 96% of respondents reported a religion; 3% stated they had no religion; and 1% made no report on religion " [About 100,000 in sample]

"...national opinion polls (NORC, 1992)... Generally, less than 5% of the respondents reported no religious preference (although preference does not necessarily mean membership in a religious group). "

"Even in... [U.S.] universities... only 30% tell poll takers they have 'no religion' or 'no religious preference,' a figure significantly higher than the 8% of the general public which says the same, but hardly a sign of wholesale rejection of faith. "

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